Democratic Republic of Congo vs India: Forest area

Democratic Republic of Congo

139.19 million hectares

in 2025

India

72.74 million hectares

in 2025

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

6th

India rank

9th

Forest area over time

Democratic Republic of Congo
India

How they compare

Democratic Republic of Congo currently reports 139.19 million hectares against 72.74 million hectares in India, a difference of 66.45 million hectares.

That makes Democratic Republic of Congo's figure about 1.9 times India's.

Across all 36 years both countries report, Democratic Republic of Congo has been ahead every year.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 6th and India ranks 9th of 235 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Forest area
Unit: hectares
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 235 places, 8,460 data points, 1990–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems.